Chieko Murata

Japanese actor (1915-1995)

February 28, 1915 (November 1, 1995)

in theaters on my screens

The Big Wave

U.S. 1962. Social drama by Tad Danielewski with Sessue Hayakawa, Koji Shitara, Hiroyuki Ota. Taken in by a family of farmers after the death of his parents in a tidal wave, a fisherman's son decides as an adult to take up his father's trade.

Runtime: 73 min.

in theaters on my screens

A Hen in the Wind

V.O.: Kaze no naka no mendori

Jap. 1948. Social drama by Yasujiro Ozu with Kinuyo Tanaka, Shuji Sano, Chieko Murata. In the absence of her husband who is away at war, a woman prostitutes herself to pay for the hospitalization of her young son.

Runtime: n/d